Reading and Using Idiomatic Expressions
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Transcript of Reading and Using Idiomatic Expressions
Expected Outcomes:
Define what is idiomatic expression;
Read closely to get specific and implicitly stated
information;
Give ending to a story;
Read more idioms and use them in life’s situation, in
giving advice, writing a story or composing a song.
TASK 2. FAMILIARiZE
As sly as a fox
As strong as an ox
As fast as a hare
As brave as a bear
As free as a bird
As neat as a word
As sweet as a song
As pretty as a picture
As light as play
As quiet as a mouse
As big as a house
As mean as a wolf
As sharp as a bite
As dark as the night
TASK 3. Matching Expressions and
Meanings
1. Hit the books
2. An arm and leg
3. Under the weather
4. Out of the blue
5. Give the benefit of
the doubt
A. Feeling sick
B. Study hard
C. Very expensive
D. Unexpected
E. Large amount,
expensive
F. Believe on
someone’s statement
WHAT IS AN IDIOM?An idiom is an expression whose
meaning cannot be understood based
on the definition of its constitutional
elements.
Idioms are phrases which people use in
everyday language which do not make
sense literally but we understand what
they mean.
1.When the politician was caught stealing from the taxpayers, everyone thought he would
receive a severe punishment, but all he got was a slap on the
wrist.
2.We thought that our neighbors, the Jones family, were rich
beyond our wildest dreams, but it turns out that we’re all in the
same boat.
3.If Kim thinks that I’m going to let her copy my English
homework, she’s barking up the wrong tree.
4.The Lions thought that they would easily beat the other team, but when it was tied with a minute
left in the fourth quarter, they knew that this game was really
coming down to the wire.
Read each idiom and
determine the meaning.
1. Having lost everything he owed on the horses a few days before, he knew he would have to start from
square one again.
2.As he approached the bar in the tiny Sahara Village, he paused for a moment and
savored the smells of cooking wafting across the terracotta
rooftops. He was so hungry he could eat a horse, or a
chicken or two.
3.I escaped by the skin of my teeth and fled to the Southern Jungle where I set a casino.
4. After all what he had done, I think it’s time for Marcus to
face the music.
Read each idiom and
determine the meaning.
Idiom Advice- Make a dialogue
Using the idioms, give advice to these people:
Tom: I really want to go see a movie tonight, but I'm trying to save
my money to buy a new watch.
Advice:______________________________________
Julie: I just saw my brother's girlfriend with another boy, but he's in
a really bad mood because he got fired this morning. Do you think
I should tell him?
Advice:______________________________________
Iris: Did you hear that? I think I heard something in the kitchen!
Wait. . . . I'm not sure. There it is again! I think I heard something.
Do you hear it? Maybe it's a ghost! Maybe it's a thief!
Advice:______________________________________
William: My grandfather is so old that he's almost deaf. When I
talk to him, he doesn't even notice that I'm talking.
Advice:______________________________________
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Don’t kick the man when he’s down.
It’s all in your head!
Shout at the top of your lungs.